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Pandemic science hub will develop drugs for lung infections such as Covid-19

It will build on the success of two experimental medicine projects.

The Independent UK

Edinburgh life science start-up gets £1m in funding

The money will build a new laboratory and manufacturing facility, among other things

Insider UK

Babcock opens £4.6 million tidal turbine testing facility at Rosyth

The Fife yard has also won a £30m contract to maintain two Royal Navy aircraft carriers

Insider UK

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Edinburgh pensioner, 81, climbs huge mountain to raise cash in memory of late father

Laila Kjellström, 81, completed the hugely impressive climb and near-1,500 round trip to the summit of Suliven and back to the base in the west of Sutherland in the Highlands on Wednesday, May 11

Edinburgh Live

Pensioner, 81, scales over a thousand meters up Scots mountain to raise cash in memory of late father

Laila Kjellström, 81, completed the near 1,500 meter round trip to the summit of Suilven and back to the base in the west of Sutherland in the Highlands on Wednesday, May 11.

Daily Record

World’s first tidal turbine testing centre opens in Scotland

THE world’s first testing facility for tidal turbine blades has opened in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh International Book Festival set for grand new home at historic site

For 2022 and 2023, the festival - believed to be the world’s largest public celebration of the written word - will take place at the Edinburgh College of Art, before settling at its long-term home in 2024.

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Scottish book festival unveils new site plan for years ahead

THE Edinburgh International Book Festival has announced the venues for its upcoming events.

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh International Book Festival announces new permanent home

The festival will take place at Edinburgh College of Art before moving to the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute in 2024.

The Independent UK

Edinburgh show will display street photographer’s never-before-seen work

University will host major survey of Robert Blomfield’s shots of student life in 1950s and 60s

The Guardian - UK

Street photos of Edinburgh in the 1950s and 60s go on show for the first time

The photos by the late Robert Blomfield will go on display at the University of Edinburgh where he studied medicine and honed his artistic talent.

Edinburgh Live

The bacteria that eat plastic waste

There are a number of challenges inherent to using bacteria to dissolve plastic, but the upsides are huge

Salon

'Abortion protesters made me feel patronised,' says woman as buffer zone pressure mounts

IT was October 2019 when Alice Murray unexpectedly fell pregnant aged 20. She had just returned to the University of Edinburgh for her third year…

The National (Scotland)

University of Edinburgh’s AI accelerator re-opens to new applicants

The deadline for applications is 26 May and it will run for six months from mid-September

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Wales Online

Rugby evening headlines as Faletau challenge welcomed and players get brain MOTs

The latest rugby news stories from Wales and the wider world today

Daily Record

University of Edinburgh rector accused of genocide denial sparking apology to Rwandan government

Lord rector Debora Kayembe claimed on Twitter that the current Rwandan president had "orchestrated" the genocide against the country's minority Tutsi population.

France 24

The intersectionality of 'Afro-feminisms' with professor Rama Salla Dieng

It's a controversial question, especially in France: do feminist, anti-racist and LGBTQ+ movements fall under the general scope of universalism? Or should they be broken down into smaller sub-movements to better address the intersectional nature of oppression? In her latest book "African Feminisms", University of Edinburgh professor Rama Salla Dieng…

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh student who fled war urges people to remember Ukraine conflict

A Ukrainian woman told a vigil she does not want her homeland to be forgotten as the war rages on, urging people to keep supporting the besieged country.

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Daily Record

Ukrainian woman pleads with Scots not to 'relax and forget us' as war rages on

Kateryna Polyakova spoke at a vigil in Edinburgh.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian at Edinburgh vigil urges people to remember conflict

Staff, students and people from across the Scottish capital gathered in George Square for a vigil led by the University of Edinburgh.

Insider UK

Edinburgh University spin-out bags £9 million financing

Money includes a £2.5m Innovate UK grant to fund human clinical trials of its technology

Insider UK

University of Edinburgh and abrdn announce £7.5 million investing innovation centre

New building will be based within the university’s Futures Institute

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh students plan futuristic pod travel test track after impressing Elon Musk

The University of Edinburgh’s hyperloop team has already wowed Elon Musk's SpaceX with their ambitious plans for the technology which could cut journey times between Edinburgh and London to less than an hour

The Independent UK

TV presenter Jean Johannson says racism in Scotland is ‘getting worse’

She spoke out on the problem in a new TV documentary.

The Independent UK

Mammals bulking up instead of growing bigger brains helped them survive post dinosaur extinction, study says

Big brains may not always be better to invade new environments or survive extinctions, say scientists

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